Generation Snowflake

[StLucieBengal]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/uncategorized/1254262/meet-generation-snowflake-the-hysterical-modern-kids-who-cant-cope-with-being-offended/

Amazing where we have gone.   

Quote: Meet ‘Generation Snowflake’ – the hysterical young women who can’t cope with being offended

A top British thinker has claimed young women are in the grip of a “hysteria” which has made them unable to cope with being offended.
Claire Fox, head of a thinktank called the Institute of Ideas, has penned a coruscating critique of “Generation Snowflake”, the name given to a growing group of youngsters who “believe it’s their right to be protected from anything they might find unpalatable”.
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She said British and American universities are dominated by cabals of young women who are dead set on banning anything they find remotely offensive.
“It makes me sad that these teens and 20-somethings have become so fearful that they believe a dissenting opinion can pose such a serious threat,” Fox wrote in an article for Mail Online.
This hyper-sensitivity has prompted the University of East Anglia to outlaw sombreros in a Mexican restaurant and caused the National Union of Student to ban clapping as “as it might trigger trauma”, asking youngsters to use “jazz hands” instead.
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Books containing troublesome material are now slapped with “trigger warnings”, whilst universities and student unions are declared “safe spaces” where young people should not have to encounter anything they disagree with.
Fox described astonishing scenes at an event set up to discuss whether the public outcry against footballer Ched Evans was “social justice or mob rule”.
The academic said her mostly female audience broke down in tears after she “dared suggest (as eminent feminists have before me) that rape wasn’t necessarily the worst thing a woman could experience”.
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Fox added: “I expected robust discussion – not for them all to dissolve into outraged gasps of, ‘You can’t say that!’
“Their reaction shocked me. I take no pleasure in making teenagers cry, but it also brought home the contrast to previous generations of young people, who would have relished the chance to argue back.
“It illustrated this generation’s almost belligerent sense of entitlement. They assume their emotional suffering takes precedence. Express a view they disagree with and you must immediately recant and apologise.”

Generation Snowflake has also created a social minefield for young boys and men, who risk being labelled “sex pests” for twanging a girl’s bra at school, Fox continued.
She said women were opting to stay at home and socialise on the internet due to overblown fears about predatory men.
“There is a strand of self-absorption and fragility running through this generation; all too ready to cry ‘victim’ at the first hint of a situation they don’t like,” Fox concluded.
“We need a younger generation that’s prepared to grow a backbone, go out into the world, take risks and make difficult decisions. Otherwise the future doesn’t bode well for any of us.”
Claire Fox has penned a book about Generation Snowflake which is called I Find That Offensive and was published by Biteback in May.

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[Rotobeast]

This is precisely why I've come to the opinion that everyone should be required to commit 2 years to national service, before entering the work force or college.
Building a backbone is an important foundation for success.

[StLucieBengal]

(06-09-2016, 11:11 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: This is precisely why I've come to the opinion that everyone should be required to commit 2 years to national service, before entering the work force or college.
Building a backbone is an important foundation for success.

Agreed.   You used to get this sort of thing by joining a team at school.   But now they have softened that ho to the point your way is needed.  

Everyone needs to be knocked down in life and pull themselves back up. Not run to an adult .... Not call someone a racist....

[Griever]

(06-09-2016, 11:51 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Agreed.   You used to get this sort of thing by joining a team at school.   But now they have softened that ho to the point your way is needed.  

Everyone needs to be knocked down in life and pull themselves back up.  Not run to an adult .... Not call someone a racist....

that a pretty derogatory way to refer to women, but then again, its you so i'm not shocked

[Beaker]

Simply an outgrowth of the rampant entitlement mentality.

[Belsnickel]

(06-09-2016, 11:51 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Agreed.   You used to get this sort of thing by joining a team at school.   But now they have softened that ho to the point your way is needed.  

Everyone needs to be knocked down in life and pull themselves back up. Not run to an adult .... Not call someone a racist....

Well, everyone is a racist to an extent.

In all honesty I find it interesting that society has seemingly decided to move to the extremes in a number of different facets over the years rather than finding a more moderate approach to things. What I mean by this is that you have those that get offended easily and look for ridiculous ways to create a protective bubble around themselves. Then you have those that they are trying to protect themselves from that tend to not care about respecting other people just because they are people.

I personally just like the idea of showing respect. I falter with it sometimes, no one is perfect, but that's just my goal. Respect other people because we all deserve to be treated with respect.

[*Nately120*]

(06-10-2016, 09:34 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Well, everyone is a racist to an extent.

In all honesty I find it interesting that society has seemingly decided to move to the extremes in a number of different facets over the years rather than finding a more moderate approach to things. What I mean by this is that you have those that get offended easily and look for ridiculous ways to create a protective bubble around themselves. Then you have those that they are trying to protect themselves from that tend to not care about respecting other people just because they are people.

I personally just like the idea of showing respect. I falter with it sometimes, no one is perfect, but that's just my goal. Respect other people because we all deserve to be treated with respect.

My take on this is that some people think that tolerating what they view as an incorrect viewpoint is tantamount to fiddling while Rome burns.  People see the rampant political correctness machine in action and are being told that political correctness is a threat to our country...ergo, being NOT-politically correct is the way to combat it.  

Of course, you have to be selective about this based upon the political leanings of the people involved in the struggle.  Political correctness is a liberal device (or at least it is now) so it would seem the right-wingers are more on the "Stop being politically correct, and maybe be outright offensive to fight this pervasive pussification of the USA!" wagon.  I mean, what IS political correctness?  Does the right-wing REALLY want it to be gone?  

Do they get offended when gays are all "In their face" about being gay?  Would it be PC to FORCE gays to stay in the closet like the good ol' days?  Is it funny if I laugh and point at a disabled vet?  Are abortion jokes funny?  Are they offensive?  Are we really worried about people being PC or are we worried about OUR particular bigoted and offensive jokes being declared taboo while the things that offend us become "ok?"

I'm guilty of this too, because I have a tendency to get negative and disrespect what I see as the denial of liberties based upon religious beliefs.  I think it's just for me to rail against that line of thinking, so right or wrong I'm just being one of those "counter-attack" types in a sense.  Should I belittle people who believe in an overgrown Santa in the sky and use that belief to control my life?  That'll show them that I don't stand for this.  Nuts to respect...respecting what you see as a dangerously-misguided viewpoint is just like working to make it gospel...er something.

Anywho, bottom line is that I've never seen anyone who gets upset about "people getting offended" who doesn't get offended or call for the government to regulate or eliminate something he/she finds unpleasant.

[Au165]

Everyone is offended, it's not just this generation. It's easy to do the old "this generation is going to ruin America" bit without looking in the mirror first. This generation didn't start the PC culture they just grew up in it and were enabled by those who had the power to do so (older generations).

[Vas Deferens]

(06-09-2016, 11:51 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Agreed.   You used to get this sort of thing by joining a team at school.   But now they have softened that ho to the point your way is needed.  

Everyone needs to be knocked down in life and pull themselves back up.  Not run to an adult .... Not call someone a racist....

Or a mod...  This is ridiculous, over the top.  Stop stalking this generation.  

(06-10-2016, 12:46 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Anywho, bottom line is that I've never seen anyone who gets upset about "people getting offended" who doesn't get offended or call for the government to regulate or eliminate something he/she finds unpleasant.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

(06-10-2016, 12:50 PM)Au165 Wrote: Everyone is offended, it's not just this generation. It's easy to do the old "this generation is going to ruin America" bit without looking in the mirror first. This generation didn't start the PC culture they just grew up in it and were enabled by those who had the power to do so (older generations).

Everyone is offended by something but this is the first generation where collages and schools have "Safe Places" for people to go to in case they see "Trump" written in chalk on the sidewalk, lol.

[Au165]

(06-10-2016, 12:54 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: Everyone is offended by something but this is the first generation where collages and schools have "Safe Places" for people to go to in case they see "Trump" written in chalk on the sidewalk, lol.

Who put those safe places in to place?  Let's not act like they are over crowded with people demanding to be kept safe. It is easy to point out a bunch low hanging fruit for examples, but I work with this generation and really it isn't the rule. I actually find it is the parents inability to allow "bad" things to happen to their kids and to rush in to save them that does cause issues when they occur.

My overall point is, don't blame this generation, blame this generation's parents.

[*Nately120*]

(06-10-2016, 12:50 PM)Au165 Wrote: Everyone is offended, it's not just this generation. It's easy to do the old "this generation is going to ruin America" bit without looking in the mirror first. This generation didn't start the PC culture they just grew up in it and were enabled by those who had the power to do so (older generations).

Exactly.  We like to act as though the great generations that came before us were immune to this wimpy "Waaah I'm offended, save me government regulation!" bs but your grizzled grandpappy who was tough-as-nails and worked in the coal mine for 29 hours a day when he was 3 needed the government to protect him from the unbearable offense of black people existing anywhere near him.

Back in my day NOTHING offended us!  You youngins are soft!  Holy crap, a white woman voluntarily dating a black man.  SOMEONE NEEDS TO STOP THIS!!!! HELP!!!  SAVE ME!!!  I CAN'T SEE THIS!!!!! WAAHAHAHAHAAAHHHH!!!!!!! and so on.


Everyone in this country is a big ol' hypocritical crybaby about something.  Well, maybe not EVERYONE. 

[Rotobeast]

(06-10-2016, 01:07 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Exactly.  We like to act as though the great generations that came before us were immune to this wimpy "Waaah I'm offended, save me government regulation!" bs but your grizzled grandpappy who was tough-as-nails and worked in the coal mine for 29 hours a day when he was 3 needed the government to protect him from the unbearable offense of black people existing anywhere near him.

Back in my day NOTHING offended us!  You youngins are soft!  Holy crap, a white woman voluntarily dating a black man.  SOMEONE NEEDS TO STOP THIS!!!! HELP!!!  SAVE ME!!!  I CAN'T SEE THIS!!!!! WAAHAHAHAHAAAHHHH!!!!!!! and so on.


Everyone in this country is a big ol' hypocritical crybaby about something.  Well, maybe not EVERYONE. 

Your capitalization offends me.
Please change the text color to pink, if you insist on capitalizing an entire word.
It will soften the mood.

[StLucieBengal]

(06-10-2016, 01:57 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: Your capitalization offends me.
Please change the text color to pink, if you insist on capitalizing an entire word.
It will soften the mood.

Nately and his darn micro agressions.... 

[fredtoast]

(06-10-2016, 01:07 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Exactly.  We like to act as though the great generations that came before us were immune to this wimpy "Waaah I'm offended, save me government regulation!" bs but your grizzled grandpappy who was tough-as-nails and worked in the coal mine for 29 hours a day when he was 3 needed the government to protect him from the unbearable offense of black people existing anywhere near him.

Back in my day NOTHING offended us!  You youngins are soft!  Holy crap, a white woman voluntarily dating a black man.  SOMEONE NEEDS TO STOP THIS!!!! HELP!!!  SAVE ME!!!  I CAN'T SEE THIS!!!!! WAAHAHAHAHAAAHHHH!!!!!!! and so on.


Everyone in this country is a big ol' hypocritical crybaby about something.  Well, maybe not EVERYONE. 

Rep.

This generation asking for "safe spaces" is not as bad as prior generations making biracial marriage against the law.  Or not allowing women to show their ankles in public.  Or not letting anyone use a curse word on TV.  Or not letting a same sex couples kiss on TV.  Or so on or so on or so on.

Every generation has been full of over-sensitive crybabies who run to the government for protection from what they find offensive.

[*Nately120*]

(06-10-2016, 01:57 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: Your capitalization offends me.
Please change the text color to pink, if you insist on capitalizing an entire word.
It will soften the mood.

IM GOING TO CAPITALIZE EVERYTHING NOW BECAUSE IT IS MY WAY OF MAKING AMERICA GREAT.

(06-10-2016, 02:08 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Rep.

This generation asking for "safe spaces" is not as bad as prior generations making biracial marriage against the law.  Or not allowing women to show their ankles in public.  Or not letting anyone use a curse word on TV.  Or not letting a same sex couples kiss on TV.  Or so on or so on or so on.

Every generation has been full of over-sensitive crybabies who run to the government for protection from what they find offensive.

You forgot to mention lynch mobs, buying property and/or price gouging those of a different color to convince them to live with their own kind (this still goes on...gasp!), and other clever ways of keeping discomfort out of your life.

[BigPapaKain]

The only problem with this generation are the dumbest people are still the loudest, and the internet let's them broadcast their idiocy over a larger percentage of the population. Then human's ingrained 'go with the flow' mentality kicks in and here we are.

[Vas Deferens]

(06-10-2016, 02:31 PM)Nately120 Wrote: You forgot to mention lynch mobs, buying property and/or price gouging those of a different color to convince them to live with their own kind (this still goes on...gasp!), and other clever ways of keeping discomfort out of your life.

1960:  STAY OUT OF MY BATHROOM!
2016:  STAY OUT OF MY BATHROOM!

[*Nately120*]

Ridiculous censorship from the good ol' days before PC nonsense took over...

Married couples in twin beds (they were forbidden to say the word "pregnant" when Lucy was magically knocked-up)



shielding us from the horrors of seeing a toilet (the Brady Bunch bathroom didn't have a toilet either):



Oh, and today's generation is the wimpiest even though Mississippi banned Sesame Street for having the audacity to show that whites, black, Hispanic people could live in the same neighborhood (with monsters and puppets, no less).  So before you go acting like this generation is full of wimps, keep in mind that the tough generations used to be offended by:

This....



and this....



Perspective, people...get some.  You're all a bunch of wimpy little bitches.

[Vas Deferens]

(06-10-2016, 02:44 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Perspective, people...get some.  You're all a bunch of wimpy little bitches.

REP.

NOW STOP STALKING ME!